1944 in sports

All you want to know about 1944 in sports

Years in sports:	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II.

Contents

1 Baseball
2 Boxing
3 Chess
4 Football (American)
5 Football (russian)
6 Golf
7 Horse Racing
8 Ice Hockey
9 Awards
10 Births
11 Deaths

Baseball

May 7 - Chucho Ramos made his major league debut as first baseman and outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds. He was the third baseball player from Venezuela to play Major League Baseball.
June 10 - 15-year old Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest baseball player to pitch a game in major league history.
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2.
Hall of Fame election: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected by the Hall of Fame Committee in December following his death the previous month. The long-delayed selection of at least 10 players from the 19th century is promised the following year.

Boxing

August 4- The "War Bonds Fight", $36m is raised to fund the war effort as Beau Jack wins a ten round decision over arch-rival Bob Montgomery at New York's Madison Square Garden. A few weeks later, they were both drafted on the same day by the U.S. Army.

Chess

See, 1944 in chess

Football (American)

Green Bay Packers14-7 New York Giants in New York City for the NFL title.

Football (russian)

Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 48th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 9.12 (66) d Richmond 7.9 (51))

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament - not played due to World War II
U.S. Open - not played due to World War II
British Open - not played due to World War II
August 20 - PGA Championship - Bob Hamilton

Men's amateur

British Amateur - not played due to World War II
U.S. Amateur - not played due to World War II

Women's professional

Women's Western Open - Babe Zaharias
Titleholders Championship - not played due to World War II

Horse Racing

Ice Hockey

Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens sweep the Chicago Black Hawks in 4 straight games.

Awards

Births

January-March

January 23 — Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player
January 25 — Jacinto João, Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d. 2004)
January 29 — Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
February 1 — Katsutoshi Nekoda, Japanese volleyball player (d. 1983)
February 22 — Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh, Mongolian wrestler
February 23 — John Ryan, Australian swimmer
February 26 — Corrie Winkel, Dutch swimmer
March 5 — Georges Chappe, French cyclist
March 9 — Roger Gibbon, Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
March 13 — Nico van der Voet, Dutch water polo player
March 15 — Chi Cheng, Taiwanese track and field athlete

April-August

April 4 — Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian athlete
April 6 — Washington Rodríguez, Uruguayan boxer
April 10 — Jørgen Jensen, Danish long-distance runner
April 15 — Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese football (soccer) player
April 28 — Gaoussou Koné, Ivorian track and field sprinter
May 9 — Laurence Richon Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
June 23 — Clive Barker, South African football (soccer) coach
June 25 — Prince Amartey, Ghanaian boxer
June 28 — Luis Nicolao, Argentine swimmer
July 14 — Vic Faulkner, British wrestler
July 28 — James Wallington, American boxer
August 28 — Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer

September-December

September 7 — Bora Milutinović, Serbian-Mexican football (soccer) coach
September 14 — Hans Parrel, Dutch water polo player
September 19 — Colin Dibley, Australian tennis player
October 2 — Willie Morgan, Scottish football (soccer) player
October 10 — Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian football (soccer) player
November 12 — Al Michaels, American sportscaster
November 20 — Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player
November 29 — Víctor Mora, Colombian long-distance runner
December 4 — Héctor Chumpitaz, Peruvian football (soccer) player
December 4 — Lawrence Peckham, Australian high jumper
December 17 — Ferenc Bene, Hungarian football (soccer) player (d. 2006)
December 22 — Steve Carlton, American baseball player
December 25 — Jairzinho, Brazilian football (soccer) player

Deaths

September 9 — Robert Benoist (49), French racing driver
October 22 — Arthur Blake, American athlete (b. 1872)

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